kilotonne
French, noun\ki.lɔ.tɔn\
kilotonne is spelled K-I-L-O-T-O-N-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kilotonne is a French feminine noun meaning “kiloton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de masse en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI)…”.
What does kilotonne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekiloton
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de masse en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 10³ tonnes, et dont le symbole est kt. 2. Unité de mesure d’énergie explosive, équivalant à mille tonnes de TNT. Son symbole est kt ou ktTNT.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kilotonne
- kilotonnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kilotonne?
- \ki.lɔ.tɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kilotonne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kilotonne in French?
kilotonne appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).